Datuk Zalekha binti Hassan, aged 63, Malaysian, Female, was appointed to the Board of MAHB as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 January 2014. She is the Chairman of the Board Procurement Committee and a member of Board Nomination & Remuneration Committee and Board Risk Management Committee of MAHB.

She began her career in the Malaysian civil service in 1977, as an Assistant Director in the Training and Career Development Division of the Public Service Department. She continued to serve the Malaysian Government in several ministries including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Social Welfare and the Ministry of National Unity and Social Development.

She later joined the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in 1997 as Senior Assistant Director of the Budget Division and continued to serve in various capacities including with the Government Procurement Division until her retirement in May 2011 as MOF's Deputy Secretary-General (Operations). She was also the Government Procurement Advisor, MOF, from June 2011 until June 2013.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from University of Malaya. In 2006, she attended the Advance Management Program at Harvard Business School, Harvard University, United States of America.

She is presently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Telekom Malaysia Berhad.